Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-07

weight. the same color of eyes, the same deep
rosy complexion and wear nearly the same
cut of whiskers. From the galleries also
little Perry Belmont and McAdoo, CT New
Jersey, look %strikingly similar. Out near the
door of the house sits a large, judicial looking
gentleman, writing cards for visitors. Some
times there comes to his stand another judicial
looking gentleman, Judge Wcllborn, of
Texas, and the two shake hands and inquire
after the health Of their double. They are so
much alike that Wellborn might run the card
stand and the card writer might pass himself
Off as the chairman of the Indian committee.
In the senate the same resemblance are often
noted. Teller, of Colorado, except for his
beard, is the counterpart of John G.. Calhoun.
Hoar is another Horace Greedy, except In
cheveaux de frise. Wade Hampton looks
like. the Emperor William. Colquitt, of
Georgia, looks like Lord Oglethorpe; Dolph,
like John Brown; Van Wyck is another
Louis XII Germans placid face might serve
as a model for that of the Father of his Coun-
try. Old Uncle Morrill,, of Vermont, is a
pinched and weakened counterfeit of Charles
Sumner. Sabin, the handsome Minnesota
senator, looks like the late Gen. Logan. They
say Leland Stanford, of California. the cent?
millionaire, looks like brigham Young.
The crazy antics of Boston Corbett awak-
ened a feeling of sorrow for the poor fellow
here in Washington, where he was pretty
we'll known twenty years ago. With all due
allowance Fer Gorbett's accentricities OF char
acter, IL may be justly said of him that he
was q hero. He was one of the most pe-pen-
dicular characters connected with the great
tragedy OF President Lincoln's assassination.
He felt no vain pride that he had slain John
Wilkes Booth, but, on the contrary, always
thought Of the matter with genuine sorrow.
Corbett was a very religious man, exactly
truthful ard as brave as a lion both in war
aud peace. He was not afraid of any man,
no matter how high in rank he might be, and
it was a dangerous thing to tell an untruth in
his presence. Once when he was stationed on
Staten Island there arose among the troops a
mutiny. They had been supplied with SOUR
and moldy bread for several weeks, until
patience ceased to be a virtue. The officers
in command learning that there was trouble
among the men formed them into line on the
parade ground, and the colonel made d speech
denying that bad bread had been served and
defying. any of the men to step forward and
challenge his statement. To do SO seemed
like inviting Imprisonment and perhaps
court martial, and no man stepped forward
until after an interval OF two or three
minutes, when old Corbett stalked stifly for
ward several PAGES and saluted the officer.
aWhat have you to say, sirsn said the
colonel.
aThe bread was moldy and half rotten"
said Corbett, in a grim, hard and u~nyielding
voice.
There were white faces and shaky knees
along the line of men who feared that Corbett
was about to divnlge the secrets of their mu-
tinous action. The colonel asked a great
many questions of Corbett, trying to trick
into revealing what the men had done in
secret The only answe that he could get
from him was that the bread was moldy and
the men had a right to demand decent food.
Corbett YVES put in the guard house and the
men were ordered to their tents. A court of
inquiry was ordered, Corbett's statements
were proved true by IN overwhelming mass
of testimony, and the colonel was publicly
censured for not taking better care OF his
men.
Capt. Ed. Dougherty, who commanded the
detail from the Sixteenth New York cavalry
which captured John Wilkes Booth, always
spoke in the highest terms of Corbett, al
though he said that Corbettis piety was an
everlasting nuisance. Dougherty thinks that
Corbett's timely shot IN all probability saved
his life. Secretary Stanton was half per-
shaded by the secret service people here in.
Washington to ordera court martial in Cor
belts case for firing without command to do
so, but Dougherty interfered, and no trial
was had. Corbett received handsome little
prize for his share in the capture. Seventy
thousand dollars twas divided among the
two detectives, Capt. Dougherty, Sergt. Cor
bett and the twenty-four men in tho detail.
Corbett's share was something like So, 200.
This he invested in the hat business In Cam
den, N. j., and finally lost it. In 1878 he
ont 10 Kansas and took up a homestead
near Concordia, Cloud county, and in a letter
not long ago TO Dougherty he said
that he bad often wished than GGiod In mercy
had sent a stroke Of lightning and killed him
while OH the way 10 Kansas. He had Lost his
wealth, his nervous system was shattered, he
was living all alone and was not on VERY good
terms with his ~neighbogs. He had q small
Of IS a month, and always
laid that Ie ought to hive been